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Title
Agnes Whitaker, Josie Shaw, Mertie West and H. H. West posing in their "formal" attire, Mono County, 1941
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Date Created and/or Issued
1941
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
West (H. H.) Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Group photograph, from left to right, of Agnes Whitaker, Josie Shaw, Mertie West and H. H. West posing in their "formal" dress before attending a dinner with the Guptills at a nearby camp near Rock Creek. All stand atop rock-covered ground and look to the camera. They have embellished their camp clothes to appear to be formal dress. Trees and low brush stretch into the distance behind them.
According to the caption from the negative sleeve, they stand in a row in the reverse order of what appears in the photograph. From left to right, the group is: Agnes Whitaker, Josie Shaw, Mertie West and H. H. West.
Text from negative sleeve: 869. Rock Creek trip 1941. L to R: H.H.West and wife as Lord and Lady Raspberry. Josie Shaw as Lady Loganberry. Agnes Whitaker as Lady Gooseberry
Type

Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_0869_001
ark:/21198/zz002hrtm2
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Clothing & dress--California--Mono County
Inyo National Forest (Calif. and Nev.)
Shaw, Josie Whitaker, 1874-1956
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
Whitaker, Agnes Hawley, 1878-1967
Source
West (H. H.) Collection

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